One of the big benefits of deploying applications to Windows Azure is being able to scale them on demand. What if you could automate this process based on traffic or number of requests? This article explains the different approaches that can be taken to achieve this…
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Tom Hollander recently posted a great article on how to use the new deployment capabilities in the Windows Azure SDK v1.6, including the use of the .publishsettings file with a build server using TFS and MSBuild. Enjoy! Click here to open link…
About using IntelliTrace with Windows Azure…
I had the opportunity last night to do a presentation about Windows Azure for the Denver Visual Studio User Group – http://www.denvervisualstudio.net/. One of the topics that we discussed was using IntelliTrace for debugging purposes on Azure, somebody in the audience pointing out that this was not recommended by Microsoft for production environments. Since I was…
Save the Date! June 7th, 2012 “Meet Windows Azure” event – Scott Guthrie live from San Francisco.
Save the Date! Get ready to Meet Windows Azure and hear from Scott Guthrie and other senior technologists from Microsoft, who will introduce you to the latest in Microsoft’s cloud-based development technology. You can register here: http://register.meetwindowsazure.com/
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Explained
Excellent blog entry describing options for Claims authentication. The required sign-in flow is sometimes hard to follow, and this was a great reference for me. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alikl/archive/2010/09/23/windows-identity-foundation-wif-explained-web-browser-sign-in-flow-ws-federation-passive-requestor-profile.aspx
Moving your WCF REST + JSON Service to Windows Azure
Excellent article on how to create a WCF Rest + JSON website, upload it to Azure, and consume it through Silverlight clients, including the Windows Phone. Click here to open link…
Installing SQL Server Express 2008 R2 on Windows Azure Cloud and Its Usage Scenarios
Installing SQL Server on a VM Role is not a pattern that Microsoft recommends for different reasons (including local storage scalability), but this article exposes some interesting ways of using this approach for cost saving purposes. Click here to open link…